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“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
Should never have happened. Government guidance from genocidal sources.
A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Should never have happened. Government guidance from genocidal sources.
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Contrived self-employment and National Insurance dodge.
Drivers at Amazon, Evri, eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class 4 NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage.
Companies don't pay employers’ NIC.
Must end this dodge.
Drivers at Amazon, Evri, eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class 4 NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage.
Companies don't pay employers’ NIC.
Must end this dodge.
National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Contrived self-employment and National Insurance dodge.
Drivers at Amazon, Evri, eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class 4 NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage.
Companies don't pay employers’ NIC.
Must end this dodge.
Drivers at Amazon, Evri, eCourier and elsewhere are persuaded to be self-employed. They pay income tax and Class 4 NIC but lose out on worker rights - e.g. minimum wage.
Companies don't pay employers’ NIC.
Must end this dodge.
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A former British prime minister was involved in a sex triangle with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, royal historian Andrew Lownie. So @theguardian.com are you going to do an investigative piece on this and reveal who?
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 AM
A former British prime minister was involved in a sex triangle with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, royal historian Andrew Lownie. So @theguardian.com are you going to do an investigative piece on this and reveal who?
Also the files not released are very important too!
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Also the files not released are very important too!
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Essential reading…..
Political Maturity Is Realizing The Commies Were Correct
No group’s criticisms of the current status quo world order are more incisive and accurate than theirs.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/political-...
No group’s criticisms of the current status quo world order are more incisive and accurate than theirs.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/political-...
Political Maturity Is Realizing The Commies Were Correct
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Essential reading…..
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Quite so 👍🏽
After the Epstein disclosures Peter Mandelson has just resigned from the UK House of Lords.
However, he keeps the title.
There is also the question of leaking sensitive information as a Minister, his appointment as the UK ambassador to the US, and those who lauded him.
However, he keeps the title.
There is also the question of leaking sensitive information as a Minister, his appointment as the UK ambassador to the US, and those who lauded him.
February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Quite so 👍🏽
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Nigel Farage claims that he's fighting the Greens.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Nigel Farage claims that he's fighting the Greens.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
But for weeks now he's refused to debate me.
Reform know Gorton & Denton are ready to vote for the Green Party.
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The Polanski bounce STILL shows no sign of letting up!
January 30, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
Water bills to rise again: Use our tool to find out by how much
The average annual household bill in England and Wales will increase by £33 from April.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Water bills to rise again in England, well above the rate of inflation.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
90% of water industry is foreign owned. Shareholders count the returns, have no contact with leaks, water shortages or sewage dumping.
Customers fleeced. Privatisation is a scam.
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My article in the Metro.
Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.
metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.
metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
Reform’s choice in Gorton and Denton tells you everything you need to know
Goodwin is a dangerous extremist with views on race that the vast majority of us find absolutely abhorrent.
metro.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:29 AM
My article in the Metro.
Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.
metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.
metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/z...
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Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople
As AccountingWEB (of which I was for a decade at the start of the centiry a contributing editor) noted yesterday:
The expected timeline for small companies and micro entities to file their profit and ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Labour: the friend of cheats, crooks, and conpeople www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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Tory Legacy
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Number of people in 'very deep poverty' at highest level in more than 30 years, charity warns
Very deep poverty is defined by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as earning below 40% of the median household income. According to its latest report, 6.8 million people - almost half of all of those in ...
news.sky.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Tory Legacy
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
14.2m Britons live in poverty, highest in 30 yrs.
6.8m in "very deep poverty".
34% of universal credit claimants are in work. No curbs on profiteering.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Haven’t seen the video yet but people need to be aware which social media they can bank on. For example, TikTok is now own by an Israeli white supremacist!
Social Media is Now Where Politics Actually Happens youtu.be/27CxVViSxyg?... So, you need to be on it, and engaged with it.
Social Media is Now Where Politics Actually Happens
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Haven’t seen the video yet but people need to be aware which social media they can bank on. For example, TikTok is now own by an Israeli white supremacist!
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It’s good to look deeper 👍🏽
THIS!!!
youtu.be/rg9hJgAsNDM?...
The US empire Hitlers greatest inspiration he literally modeled the third reich on the very genocidal imperialist tactics used by the founders&still used today If you believe reforms a blue wave Or electing "better"democrats will fix anything You're not a serious person
The US empire Hitlers greatest inspiration he literally modeled the third reich on the very genocidal imperialist tactics used by the founders&still used today If you believe reforms a blue wave Or electing "better"democrats will fix anything You're not a serious person
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 AM
It’s good to look deeper 👍🏽
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Greenlandic lawmaker Aaja Chemnitz pushed back after Donald Trump claimed the US had secured a deal with NATO granting Washington access to Greenland, saying only Greenlanders can decide the future of their island and its mineral resources.
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Greenlandic lawmaker Aaja Chemnitz pushed back after Donald Trump claimed the US had secured a deal with NATO granting Washington access to Greenland, saying only Greenlanders can decide the future of their island and its mineral resources.
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Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese org that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s. The oldest participant is 90 years old #womensart
January 24, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Affectionately known as the ‘graffiti grannies of Lisbon', Lata65 is a Portuguese org that runs workshops in street art for the over-65s. The oldest participant is 90 years old #womensart
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85 per cent of Gaza City has been without water for eight consecutive days after israeli bombing destroys main pipelines and infrastructure
gazaherald.com/2026/01/23/w...
gazaherald.com/2026/01/23/w...
Gaza Thirsts Under Fire: Water System Collapses Amid Israeli Attacks
Gaza City is grappling with a deepening water emergency, as municipal officials warn that more than 85 percent of the city’s neighborhoods
gazaherald.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 AM
85 per cent of Gaza City has been without water for eight consecutive days after israeli bombing destroys main pipelines and infrastructure
gazaherald.com/2026/01/23/w...
gazaherald.com/2026/01/23/w...
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134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
134 years ago this cartoon was drawn, and in 134 years the problem has only gotten worse.
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According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ICE has a larger budget than the military budgets of Iran, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Iran, and at least 23 countries in the top 40 military spenders. Source: www.sipri.org/sites/defaul...
www.sipri.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. ICE has a larger budget than the military budgets of Iran, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Iran, and at least 23 countries in the top 40 military spenders. Source: www.sipri.org/sites/defaul...