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@teq2.bsky.social

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I believe in a better world. Where people are put before money. Where we think about the legacy for the next generation Not the next election. We are not all born equal, But we, all things being equal, doors should be opened Not minds closed.

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · Aug 12

Reminder that this government needs to "tax wealth, not work" if we are to improve the economy.

Poor people spend on goods and services. This grows the economy.

Rich people buy your homes, your business, your working hours.

This from 6 years ago on the myths: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnoL...

12 Myths About Taxing the Rich | Robert Reich

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 1h

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Calls for transparency on political funding after first crypto donation made to UK party

Calls for transparency on political funding after first c...

Electoral Commission notified of financial contribution, which is understood to have been handed to Reform UK

observer.co.uk

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 1h

I see their media team have been working overtime.

Hope they got paid for it (as long as it's not from that anonymous Cryptocurrency donation they just accepted...)

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2h

Good question: "Can Labour be saved?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ul...

Can Labour be saved?

YouTube video by Garys Economics

www.youtube.com

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2h

Reform just took the first Cryptocurrency donation in the UK. There's no clarity of source.

The UK is in danger of becoming like the US, where only money talks and the "pursuit of happiness" is relegated to a poor third place.

Isn't it about time we took the money OUT of politics by capping it?

Pete @petelihou.bsky.social · 5h

Sadly nobody seems to care.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Political parties to be funded only by membership fees and a government grant

Change the law so that all political party funding is exclusively by capped membership fees and an equal government grant to all registered parties.

petition.parliament.uk

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 3h

"“Might move to Russia,” he added. (It’s a shame he has never enacted this promise)."

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 4h

Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…

Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia

Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.

writesbright.substack.com

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 3h

We seem to have moved to an era where whichever politician shouts loudest gets the most media attention.

This needs to stop.

Both the media and politicians need to take a severe course in adult-hood.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-tories...

The Tories Are Not Okay - And We Urgently Need Them to Be

The Conservatives' Spectacular Collapse Into Grievance and Grandstanding Isn't Just Their Problem - It's Ours Too, Whether We Vote For Them Or Not

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 16h

@privateeyenews.bsky.social in my Bluesky feed tonight. Coincidence, or do they know something we don't?

Cartoon from The Tennessee Holler showing Trump in a robber mask with a bag of swag, shouting "IT'S A WAR ZONE"... pointing to a couple sipping coffee outside a café with a Portland sign on the awning.

Second feed is an image of Farage pointing to immigrants on a boat. With a caption "Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights"

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 20h

The duopoly’s corporate coup over the UK via free zones and the likes of Blackrock is accelerating.
Don’t people understand why the MSM aren’t covering this?
Secondary legislation embedded in free zones means zero Parliamentary debate, zero public consultation, zero press notification!

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 7d

Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands.

See for yourself.
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find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=Bla...

Blackrock - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 16h

+35C above seasonal average at Antarctica this year is also cause for concern. This could lead to more bush fires in Australia this year. phys.org/news/2025-09...

Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia?

Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the lack of sun would keep the temperature at around –55°C. But it's risen sharply to around –20°...

phys.org

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 17h

The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...

actionstorm.org

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 20h

Oh look...

This is what we can expect if we're ever daft enough to vote him in "as a protest"...

No thanks. I'd rather vote Green Party (who have a voting track record that actually aligns to their policies - which include a tax on extreme wealth).

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 20h

Cheer yourself up further with this (rather sweary) debate between Prof. Dave and two leading Ivermectin peddlers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...

Demolishing Anti-Vaccine Frauds in Live Debate (Steve Kirsch and Pierre Kory Exposed)

YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains

www.youtube.com

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 20h

However looking at some of his tweets on his web page, many of which are outright distortions of the truth (the Republicans have a voting majority, so it doesn't matter that the Democrats are voting against pay cuts), I'd agree with most of the opinions in previous comments as to his abilities...

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 20h

The US has two houses, the House of Representatives (equivalent to our House of Commons) and the Senate. Both are elected. The Speaker of the House is more like the leader of the Conservative Party, a role here played by the Leader of the Opposition (or the PM when in power). /1

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 20h

Where were the priests decrying this twisted abomination of Christ's teachings to "love thy neighbour"?

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Tim Lowe @timlow3.bsky.social · 1d

This clear eyed analysis from @caolanrob.bsky.social clarifies why putin’s mouthpieces are so upset. Same instinct as cockroaches, when the lights go on.

youtu.be/kInRTBVEbME?...

⚡️British journalist DESTROYED Russian propaganda! Putin will fail at everything

YouTube video by War Live

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 1d

Does he benefit from having UK citizenship (if he has it, given he was born in Russia)?

If so, then, without something similar to the US tax on worldwide income, we're missing out on the £0.5-1m interest income per year per billion too.

Image showing visually the relative amounts of tax taken v disposable (after tax) income, from income of: £15,000, £50,000, 100,000 and £1,000,000 with tax rates of 20% and 40%.

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 1d

Oh this should be fun!

(Warning: lots of bad language)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W2...

Demolishing Anti-Vaccine Frauds in Live Debate (Steve Kirsch and Pierre Kory Exposed)

YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains

www.youtube.com

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

Someone ought to gift him shares in a renewable energy company... instead of a Tesla.

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

Worthy of a page in @privateeyenews.bsky.social, exposing some of this week's daft headlines, and the real world behind them.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2d

A pub “gone woke”, activist judges, a “revenge” plot by Ursula von der Leyen and a Lithuanian Ballerina personally trying to bring down Western Civilisation - this week’s headlines truly outdid themselves.

All in Bearly Newsworthy, the round-up of what happened in the news this week (or didn't).

Bearly Newsworthy: The Things They Told You To Be Angry About This Week

This week's digest of the UK's most performative outrage - lovingly filtered so you don't have to doomscroll.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

We all need to teach ourselves the tricks - logical fallacies - that politicians use to fool us. They, and many RW podcasters, get taught how to debate in Private schools or self ed.

We need to know how to too.

www.youtube.com/shorts/2QVNT...

(Trigger warning: contains image of male nipples).

Andrew Tate is BIG BRAIN

YouTube video by Rationality Rules

www.youtube.com

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

Technically, the super-rich.

Anyone owning a £400,000 house thinks they're rich (because they think they will have to pay 40% IHT - they won't. Their inheritors MIGHT have to pay it, if they had no debts, on the 64,000 over the IHT limit, after they've got £364,000, tax free and unearned).

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, as tax payers, every £100 we spent went on providing the service. Now £80 goes to providing the service and £20 to shareholders...

(Obv. not exact figures. In the case of some Care Homes it's nearer £50).

Teq @teq2.bsky.social · 2d

You need to fix the root causes FIRST. Until that's done, people will commit crimes. Many of them need locking up for the good of society.

IDD better rehab is required. Privatisation is a factor.

Getting rid of jail sentences for protestors, on the other hand...