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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate with me. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶✊🏾

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

"They need us more than we need them"

EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 2d

Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 4d

Historically, what happens when societies have massive wealth inequality?

Answers on a postcard

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4d

Zack Polanski, "The four wealthiest people in this country have more wealth than 20 million people"

"Inequality in our society is absolutely huge"

"We need to be taxing the super rich"

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 4d

Read this and thought what an utterly bizarre system for a government to put its own loyal staff members through..pay these people what you owe them!!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5d

So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 5d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 4d

"A road to Never-Never Land. It just does not exist".
www.thenewworld.co.uk/jonty-bloom-...

The right wing think tank talking rubbish about the Brexit reset

The Prosperity Institute’s plans have been tried and failed

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 5d

It's absolutely appalling. Some people are now paying over £200 a month for water, it's an absolute disgrace.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 6d

I suspect a lot of these accounts are fake and/or bot farms meant to stir up division.

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 6d

Was the full stop SuperRipper put there entirely necessary? I mean from a grammatical point of view, sure, but it doesn't really add anything to the commentary.

Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 6d

Coming soon to a Reform government near you....#NHS

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

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Jon Kingsbury @jonathankingsbury.bsky.social · 7d

Oh @mrjamesob.bsky.social

UK steel set for further hit as EU to double tariffs

news.sky.com/story/uk-ste...

UK steel set for further hit as EU to double tariffs

Losing access to the EU market, the largest destination for UK steel exports, would have a "catastrophic" impact on jobs, a key union said.

news.sky.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7d

Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8d

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.