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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 3d

Disappointingly I have to agree. Nevertheless there have been some really positive stuff over the past 15 months but sure as hell the negatives and poor messaging has ruined all of that.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 4d

How come this plank is courted for his opinions so readily?

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 4d

Ah so I'm quite right then.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 4d

On the back of this post can someone explain "Working Families Tax Credits" please. Obvs I'm not criticising it just wondering if the need for it is that people who receive it are quite simply not paid enough by their employer? That would support the idea of a decent National Living Wage.

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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 4d

Watch now as Trump goes crazy bombing more Venezuelan boats without any legitimate reason to do so…

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 4d

NEW: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 5d

Fair point. I imagined some sort of sarcasm but didn't want to miss expressing my points. Back to my chores now then 😩

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 5d

You could ask for some common sense! Where is the loss of Stamp Duty going to go?
You could ask for some reality! Have our Public Services been crashed by Austerity of the Tories? And you want to do it all over again?
She gave it 110% my backside!

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 5d

For those who have forgotten that Austerity has been the cause of ALL our public services being destroyed. Now she wants to do it all over again.

Nula Suchet @nulasuchet.bsky.social · 5d

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Bank of England warns of growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets - financial crash.

AI boom will burst.
Share prices inflated
Real economy weak.
Trump creating uncertainties.
Shadow banking unregulated.
Govt deregulating banking.

Bankers get bonuses, people will pick up the tab.

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 6d

She's not called Kemi...she's called BAD ENOCH

argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 6d

Isn't it the current UK City of Culture?

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 6d

Our media lets us down badly :

Labours accomplishments - rarely mentioned

Nigel Farage’s house - dropped/ignored

Nathan Gill’s admission of working for Russia - zilch

Russia/Iran funding Reform/Farage - silence

Instead they spread lies on the Budget/MPs/anything to discredit Labour

Why????

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 6d

And they've told us in advance that that is their objective. We have been warned.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 6d

When we all switch off.

argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 8d

No argument from me on those points. Reform are an utter disgrace.
However, my point was simply that much of what the majority voted for last year is not being delivered. Indeed Lab are more focussed towards fighting Reform than delivering what the Country needs.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 8d

But it's not necessarily true. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Eg. We could just spend spend and spend. Public services across the board. Roads. Buildings. Money in the pockets of the workers. See how the economy grows then. (Don't @me about the so called deficit it's a myth. Ask Japan)

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 8d

Seems they're like everyone else. Say what you like to get elected and then fail to deliver.

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Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 9d

Please help combat BBC news blackout of Green Party!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social was the only party leader not interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg during their party conference.
So please RT his cracking conference speech..

Donnachadh McCarthy @donnachadhmc.bsky.social · 10d

Whatever your party politics, @zackpolanski.bsky.social leaders speech deserves to be heard..

www.youtube.com/live/TZx9Vng...

Leader's Speech - Zack Polanski at Green Party Conference 2025

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

www.youtube.com

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 9d

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 10d

And we had membership of a Union!

argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 11d

This all began with Thatcher who told the Country that the economy is the same as a household, you can't spend more than you bring in, but forgot to point out that we own our own bank and can print/create as much money as we choose.

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 11d

As a fiat economy the UK can choose to print (not literally of course) more money and choose to spend on public services. It's an ideological choice not to do so but to instead convince the electorate we can't afford it!

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argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 11d

Not all "elderly"

argylepwl.bsky.social @argylepwl.bsky.social · 11d

We definitely have to spend heavily on public services even if it means a debt exceeding 100% of GDP. Japan has about 2.5 x their GDP and it isn't causing them a major problem?

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