Hylder Adox
@hylderadox.bsky.social
The only thing to be intolerant of is intolerance.
PR supporting.
Green member.
Opinions my own.
PR supporting.
Green member.
Opinions my own.
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One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
Mumsnet is already on the case.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
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This morning Green MPs attended a critical briefing on the climate and nature crisis.
Climate breakdown threatens our food supply, health and national security but an alternative future is still possible.
Climate breakdown threatens our food supply, health and national security but an alternative future is still possible.
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This morning Green MPs attended a critical briefing on the climate and nature crisis.
Climate breakdown threatens our food supply, health and national security but an alternative future is still possible.
Climate breakdown threatens our food supply, health and national security but an alternative future is still possible.
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"This is a really obvious thing the Government should do: tax wealth fairly."
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"This is a really obvious thing the Government should do: tax wealth fairly."
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
@elliechowns.bsky.social outlines what the Green Party would have done differently at the Budget to cut bills by taxing wealth fairly.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Well, was it a Tory/Incompetent budget? No. Did they remove the 2 child limit to UC? Yes, finally. Were some taxes added to socially destructive things like gambling and unhealthy foods? Yes. Was it overall a 'good' for budget for the public or the future? No.
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well, was it a Tory/Incompetent budget? No. Did they remove the 2 child limit to UC? Yes, finally. Were some taxes added to socially destructive things like gambling and unhealthy foods? Yes. Was it overall a 'good' for budget for the public or the future? No.
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Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
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Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
How very Tory of them, poisoning the well for who replaces them as it's clear already they'll not be getting a second term at this rate.
🚨 Our initial Budget response is out now 🚨
Today's Budget will ease cost of living pressures next year – but it backloads the fiscal repair job to eve of next election.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PBAWLKZ
Today's Budget will ease cost of living pressures next year – but it backloads the fiscal repair job to eve of next election.
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/PBAWLKZ
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How very Tory of them, poisoning the well for who replaces them as it's clear already they'll not be getting a second term at this rate.
Also, it cost us at least £3 for every £1 private finance puts in (6-1 rough ratio, 13B into 80B, in this article from 2019). www.ippr.org/media-office....
PFI is Labours version of Asylum hotels, a vessel to shovel public funds to donors. If it was really about value, Gov would invest directly.
PFI is Labours version of Asylum hotels, a vessel to shovel public funds to donors. If it was really about value, Gov would invest directly.
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Also, it cost us at least £3 for every £1 private finance puts in (6-1 rough ratio, 13B into 80B, in this article from 2019). www.ippr.org/media-office....
PFI is Labours version of Asylum hotels, a vessel to shovel public funds to donors. If it was really about value, Gov would invest directly.
PFI is Labours version of Asylum hotels, a vessel to shovel public funds to donors. If it was really about value, Gov would invest directly.
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"He's running rings 'round Labour on the left..."
If you want better government, join up and make it happen. #GreenParty #budget #reeves
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If you want better government, join up and make it happen. #GreenParty #budget #reeves
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"He's running rings 'round Labour on the left..."
If you want better government, join up and make it happen. #GreenParty #budget #reeves
join.greenparty.org.uk
If you want better government, join up and make it happen. #GreenParty #budget #reeves
join.greenparty.org.uk
I thought 1% was pointless because it wouldn't raise very much, now 1% is a large amount? I know it's different sides of it but there is a clear confliction there. Also, YES, actually having an industrial strategy for the future and some national self sufficiency over the dead end of fossil fuels.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I thought 1% was pointless because it wouldn't raise very much, now 1% is a large amount? I know it's different sides of it but there is a clear confliction there. Also, YES, actually having an industrial strategy for the future and some national self sufficiency over the dead end of fossil fuels.
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Xenophobia continues to make for poor economic policy.
🚨🚨Re #brexit there is not much new under the sun; it is still a cause of pain and misery and a massive drag on the UK economy which is costing Britain up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues. 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Xenophobia continues to make for poor economic policy.
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Govt has just slipped out its North Sea Future Plan while all eyes are on the budget.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Govt has just slipped out its North Sea Future Plan while all eyes are on the budget.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
Glad govt sticking to manifesto promises not to grant new licenses but disappointing to see tie-backs allowed - a needless concession to an industry in decline that won't help energy security.
'Lost' yeah, sure.
🚨This is a scandal! The government lost thousands of public responses to their railway consultation.
That means that if you want to end the private rolling stock ripoff, or cut fares, or end competition law in the railway, your voice was silenced.
Take action here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
That means that if you want to end the private rolling stock ripoff, or cut fares, or end competition law in the railway, your voice was silenced.
Take action here: weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
'Lost' yeah, sure.
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I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Absolutely disgraceful 👇 - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded"
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
"Part of this will be capital funding we've allocated into the primary care estate.. & some of it, we're working with the private sector as part of a private sector partnership to fund the rest of them"
Minister Karin Smyth on how the new walk in health centres will be funded
Minister Karin Smyth on how the new walk in health centres will be funded
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Absolutely disgraceful 👇 - Labour's manifesto promised NHS would be "publicly owned and publicly funded"
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
Openly now ripping off patients for generations to come
Even the Conservative government said "goodbye to PFI"
Outrageous, unjustifiable, wrong
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
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Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day?
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.
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Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And 'AI' keeps being pushed down our throats as the solution to everything... It's a limited tool like any other tool/technology, this bubble has to pop and the sooner the better for all of us.
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
And 'AI' keeps being pushed down our throats as the solution to everything... It's a limited tool like any other tool/technology, this bubble has to pop and the sooner the better for all of us.