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Frank
@frank76.bsky.social
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Retired; Dad; Political Inactivist; Unsociable Socialist; Anti-Monarchist; Free Palestine; Vegan (for the animals, the environment and my health) and genuine animal lover; Atheist; Autistic Aspie; Bibliophile (4,000+ books); two dogs & 1 cat
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Netanyahu furious as Hamas releases hostages, leaving him with no excuse for genocide
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Netanyahu furious as Hamas releases hostages, leaving him with no excuse for genocide
Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be furious after Hamas took away his excuse to commit genocide by releasing all of the hostages.
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Listen: Israel is the excuse to snatch away freedoms we once took for granted
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Listen: Israel is the excuse to snatch away freedoms we once took for granted
Read by Matthew Alford
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Protest is democracy in motion, not a crime www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Protest is democracy in motion, not a crime
Around the world, people are marching: against Trump’s authoritarianism in the USA, Macron’s failures in France, and the cruelty of Gaza policy in the UK. Everywhere, governments are asking 'how to st...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Colonisation, 2025 style www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Colonisation, 2025 style
A supposed post-conflict deal for Gaza's reconstruction is set to be signed today. The problem with the agreement is that it appears there is no Palestinian involvement in the deal. On the other hand...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Why is Labour hanging our universities out to dry? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Why is Labour hanging our universities out to dry?
Politics Home noted this last night: The head of the University and College Union, Jo Grady, has warned that universities face a financial calamity similar to the 2008 banking crisis, accusing the gov...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Measuring impact www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Measuring impact
I was asked by a friend on Saturday, with whom Jacqueline and I were discussing what meaningful work might be, just what the impact of what I do is. I explained that I see myself as both an educator ...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Markets are shrugging their shoulders www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Markets are shrugging their shoulders
Slightly to my surprise, given that Asian markets fell overnight, the FTSE 100 has opened flat this morning. So far, markets seem to have shrugged off the crypto collapse over the weekend. I warned ...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
WATCH: A Time of Grave Peril consortiumnews.com/2025/10/12/w...
WATCH: A Time of Grave Peril
Israel-U.S. relationship examined: Ex-C.I.A. officer John Kiriakou, former U.S. Green Party V.P. candidate Ajamu Baraka and CN Editor Joe Lauria joined host Danny Haiphong on his webcast Sunday. The I...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis Openly Plan to Resume Attacks on Gaza consortiumnews.com/2025/10/13/c...
Caitlin Johnstone: Israelis Openly Plan to Resume Attacks on Gaza
While Trump is declaring "war over" in Gaza, top Israeli officials are directly contradicting him with statements about resuming the onslaught. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen t...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Let Us Now Bury the Truth (Again) consortiumnews.com/2025/10/13/p...
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Let Us Now Bury the Truth (Again)
What is going around now is another cover up, another denial of what a lot of people on both sides call “the second Nakba,” the sin atop the original sin. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 13h
Trump Keeps Admitting That He Is Bought And Owned By The World's Richest Israeli
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Trump Keeps Admitting That He Is Bought And Owned By The World's Richest Israeli
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d
💩Thames Water wants Ofwat to let them carry on pouring sewage into our rivers beyond the next general election.

😡And the one after that.

😡😡And the one after that.

✍️Sign our petition today and tell Ofwat this cannot happen!

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Thames Water logo in front of a photo of a pipe spilling sewage into a river. The text below the logo reads "Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO".
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Militarized Police consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/j...
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Militarized Police
The time to transfer funding away from hardware and to counseling training is now.  By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News With Zoran Mamdani poised to win the New York mayor’s race, the red h...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
WATCH: Another Unjust US Extradition consortiumnews.com/2025/10/12/w...
WATCH: Another Unjust US Extradition
After its failed attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the U.S. is trying to extradite another Australian on the grounds that he trained Chinese pilots. https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
WATCH: A Time of Grave Peril consortiumnews.com/2025/10/12/w...
WATCH: A Time of Grave Peril
Israel-U.S. relationship examined: Ex-C.I.A. officer John Kiriakou, former U.S. Green Party V.P. candidate Ajamu Baraka and CN Editor Joe Lauria joined host Danny Haiphong on his webcast Sunday. The I...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
How big might the crash be? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
How big might the crash be?
I have already noted that the cryptocurrency market is crashing this weekend. The risk of contagion into other financial markets is high because: The risk of Trump imposing unsustainable tariff ra...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza
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Israeli Officials Are Openly Saying They Plan To Resume Attacks On Gaza
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide — And Other Notes
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They Seriously Expected Parades And Trophies For Pausing A Genocide — And Other Notes
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
The UK Government Has Betrayed the Ocean
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The UK Government Has Betrayed the Ocean
Four months ago, ministers promised to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas.
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
Israel is the excuse to snatch away freedoms we once took for granted
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Israel is the excuse to snatch away freedoms we once took for granted
Starmer's government is ripping up the rulebook on protest to protect Israel – from classing protests as 'terrorism' to banning repeat marches and fining universities that allow student to demonstrate
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
Can the global economy survive another shock? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Can the global economy survive another shock?
The Financial Times asked whether the global economy can survive another shock. I think it’s the question of our time. Debt, war and climate change are pushing us to breaking point and yet our governm...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
Where I still find hope for democracy in the UK www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Where I still find hope for democracy in the UK
A reader called Ellie Comber wrote this comment on the blog overnight: I admit to being very frightened that democracy will be annihilated and that evil and greed will get the upper hand. Democracy is...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
The Quantum Essays: The quantum difference between work and speculation www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
The Quantum Essays: The quantum difference between work and speculation
This is another in the Quantum Essays series. Like most of the others, this one arose from discussions between my wife, Jacqueline, and me.  This one is, I think, one of the most important so far. In...
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Frank @frank76.bsky.social · 1d
Economic questions: the Hyman Minsky question www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Economic questions: the Hyman Minsky question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been, and what the relevance of that question might be ...
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